Empowering Literacy Development

This study aimed to examine the impact of the Program Intervensi Khas Murid Orang Asli Peribumi (PIKAP) module on Malaysian Indigenous students’ basic literacy, namely reading, speaking, and writing skills. Ten Indigenous students (aged 9 years) from the Semai tribe were chosen for this study, using a convenience sampling method. A pre-test and a post-test were administered to examine the level of students’ basic literacy skills before and after the use of the module. Quantitative descriptive analysis, the Wilcoxon test, and the Kruskal–Wallis test were utilized to examine the significant impact of the module on students’ basic literacy skills. The result indicated that there was significant improvement in the students’ skills after the use of the module compared to before the use of the module. This was reflected in Kruskal–Wallis test and Wilcoxon test results, which showed a significant difference between the students’ pre-test and post-test scores for each skill set. Furthermore, the quantitative descriptive analysis indicated that the overall students’ pre-test scores were higher than their post-test scores, while also reporting a significant improvement for each student in each skill set. Therefore, the present study concludes that the PIKAP module is significant in empowering Malaysian students’ basic literacy, particularly in reading, writing, and speaking skills.